Filler structure for kitchen cabinets



Dec. 8, 1953 H. G. KNU TH' FILLER STRUCTURE FOR KITCHEN CABINETSOriginal Filed Feb. 23, 1945 Patented Dec. 8, 1953 "mLLEnsTRUoTURE-FoRKITCHEN i CABINETS Harvey G. Knuth, Elgin, 111., assignor to Lyon MetalProducts, Incorporated, Aurora, 111., a corporation of IllinoisOriginal. application February 23, 1945, Serial No.

Divided and this application August 15, 1949, Serial No. 110,375'

4 Claims.

This invention relates to filler structures for kitchen cabinetconstructions.

The present application is a division of my application Serial No.579,457, filed February 23, 1945.

An object of the invention resides in providing a kitchen cabinet whichmay be built up of two or more juxtaposed basal cabinet sections andseparately completed top sections asseniblable end to end, and whereinan end scriber plate may be utilized to cover a void between adjacentcabinet walls where the space is not an exact multiple of the width ofthe particular cabinets used for the installation.

Other and further objects of the invention will be apparent from aperusal of the following specification when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective View showing the use of a filler;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the filler members; and

Figure 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

The present invention permits the factory production and installation ofstandard cabinet sections to provide a finished cabinet installation ofany desired width and length and provides a filler structure wherebyhideous joints, which collect moisture and dirt between sections, areeliminated.

Fig. 1 discloses a cabinet installation where in return lines ofcabinets forming a U-shaped arrangement, the two confronting cabinetsI25 do not contact. That is, there is a space left between the two andit thereupon becomes necessary to fill in this space by the constructionshown in Figs. 2 and 3.

In this type of cabinet I utilize the scriber plates I3ll and 35 shownin Figure 2 which in- I clude the basal foot portion I 33 correspondingto the basal portion of the cabinet and having the upstanding rightangled flanges I34 and #35 of desired length. This foot 33 has a basalrearwardly extending flange 233a and likewise wall of cabinet I24. Thisconstruction is illustrated particularly in Figure 3 wherein the scriberplate I353 adjustably cooperates with the spaced flanges I it and 42 ofthe scriber plate IN. The flanges Hit and I42 of the scriber plate i3!are sufficiently spaced apart and are constructed by welding a rightangled piece I43 as at Mt so that the flange I35 of the scriber plate I3will slide relatively thereto to adjust the spacing between the twocabinets or between a wall and a cabinet, as shown in the parentapplication, Serial No. 579,457. As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the singleflange of the scriber plate I3I is provided with vertically spacedfastener openings I3|a to receive fasteners I3|b to connect said plateto the adjacent side wall of the spaced cabinet I24, see Figure 2. Inthe construction shown in Figures 2 and 3 the flange I35 is in generalcut down to fit the space to be filled and then the cut edge will bepositioned between the opposed flanges me and I 32. The

ends of the flanges I M and M2 are preferably given a finish; whereasthe free edge Iiil may be left unfinished. In both of these uses ofthese filler parts, an elongated top is preferably selected or out whichwill extend across and cover both of the adjacent cabinets. as disclosedin said parent application.

When the filler pieces are to be used to cover the distance between thecabinet I24 and the room wall as shown in the parent application, theangular filler piece I30 has its flange I34 merely abutting the wall.

Obviously the invention is not limited to the specific details ofconstruction disclosed herein but is capable of other modifications andchanges without departing from the spirit and scope of the appendedclaims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. Interfitting scriber plates comprising a first scriber plate having avertical basal wall and a horizontal forwardly extending overhangingwall terminating forwardly in an upwardly extending vertical frontflange lying parallel to said vertical basal wall, said vertical flangehava laterally, normally extending integral flange formed withvertically spaced openings, said horzontal overhanging fiange being ofless width than the width of said basal vertical wall, and a secondscriber plate of substantially the length as said upwardly extendingvertical flange of said first scriber plate, said second scriber platehaving a first flange formed with spaced, vertically extending fasteneropenings, and a pair of spaced, parallel, relatively short flangesextending normally from the front vertical edge of said first flange toreceive slidingly the vertical front flange of said first scriber plate.

2. A filler structure for filling gaps between spaced apart wallportions in cabinet installations comprising a first scriber platehaving a vertical basal wall and a horizontal forwardly extendingoverhanging wall, an upwardly extending vertical front flange formed onthe forward edge of said overhanging wall and lying parallel to saidvertical basal wall, and a second scriber plate of substantially thelength of said upwardly extending vertical fiange of said first.

scriber plate, said second scriber plate having a pair of spacedparallel relatively short flanges extending in a direction parallel tothe vertical flange of said first scriber plate to receive slidingly thevertical front flange of said first scriber 1 plate.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 747,145 Crane Dec. 15, 1933 887,168 Will May 12, 19081,514,992 Schmita Nov. 11, 192-: 1,664,465 Purchas Apr. 3, 19282,143,039 Stoddard Jan. 10, 1939 2,218,360 Schuster Oct. 15, 19402,489,493 Kuenzie Nov. 29, 1949 OTHER REFERENCES Sweets Catalogue File,Architectural, 1942, published by Sweets Catalog Service, New York, Sec.28--l0, page 9, and Sec. lid-21, page 4.

